From The Desk of The Exceptional Conservative Show The Great Philosopher Confucius preached of governmental and personal morality, honorable social relationships, just living and sincerity. He wrote, “In a country well-governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.” This is the tale of two Presidential Administrations in the US and an impending calamity that will occur after the next Presidential election. Under President George W. Bush, the nation was guided through the hymnal of shame at the excess of the wealthy. It spurred many employed persons to complain that the wealthy ought to pay more taxes and be more fair with the distribution of their property. The United States became ashamed of the large number of poor persons that were unable to find work (average unemployment rate for two terms was about 5%) and would have to live off of food stamps and welfare (28 million). Today, President Barack Hussein Obama speaks of the poisonous “silver spoon” that has oppressed the poor and middle class. Capitalism, under the Bush administration, has been a noose around the necks of those that have prospered outside of union manipulation, corrupted market systems and government sponsored endeavors. Only a mighty stimulus will reward those that seek life, liberty and the pursuits of happiness from the fountains of Central Planning Organizations. Obama has clearly defined, for the masses of people that ride their BMW’s (Bus/Metro Train/Walk) to the Mall to watch TV since they can not afford the increased costs of utilities in their homes, that America’s greatest shame is not its poverty but its wealth. The media continues its propaganda rantings about the economic successes of the current Administration. However, more people than ever are out of work (greater than 8% today) and nearly twice as many people are living off of food stamps and welfare (47 million). In the cabinet drawer of life, Obama’s disdain for the “silver spoon” of wealth creation has not been lost on his preference for the “golden spoon” of entitlement. Confucius says, “Do not impose on others what you do not desire yourself.” If Confucius were around today then, by the numbers, I believe that he would say that George Bush governed well in comparison to President Obama. So whom wears this shame? It is worn by the American citizens that empowered a economic neophyte to take the helm of the most powerful Nation in the world on the clandestine promise of “hope and change”! Let us be absolutely transparent. TAXMAGGEDON is REAL. It is a ruthless attempt to penalize those that will not vote the current president out of office. Those that will suffer most will be those that he says he holds most dear: the poor and middle class. Taxmaggedonis a $500 Billion Hammer that Obama and his Democrat Senate plans to throw at the heads of American taxpayers. This added to the Sickle of Obama Care Taxes on the Red Background of our gloomy national deficit of $16 Trillion and you get a pretty good idea of the direction that class envy will take you. Obama has always chosen class envy over prudent economic policy. Class envy makes enemies of fiscal conservatives, appeasers of moderating Independents and Republicans in Name Only and moralists of Marxists, Socialists and Keynesian Theorists on Steroids. In observance of the class envy, politicking in the US has changed. It makes multimillionaire politicians feel as if they have to apologize for their success and at times, for the success of their ancestors. There it is. It is a shame to earn, inherit or invest wealth. It must be given to you by the great bureaucrats of the ever expanding central government. But Ken, I just filed my 2011 Tax Return. Why are we even talking about this? I believe that this moment warrants a sincere consideration of an immense and deadly financial tsunami that will soon broach the paychecks of laborers, the capital gains of investment portfolios and the philanthropic resources of non-profit agencies. For the “We Got You Back, Obama” clientele, nothing I proclaim will make sense to you. Your answers are written on golden tablets buried beneath the Oak tree under which you slumber awaiting Obama to pay for your gas and your mortgage. However, for those awakened by the fall of ACORNs, you will understand that absolute allegiance will cost you and your grandchildren a fortune. Let’s start with the basics. The Obama Tax Cuts will expire on December 31,2012. Yes, the same man that brought you the infamous “Make Work Pay” Credit [STAND WITH THE WORKERS OF AMERICA. USSA. USSA.] is proud of his seventeen (17) small business tax cuts. However, they too shall pass. The Bush Tax Cuts will expire on December 31, 2012. Despite what Madam Rachel tells you on MSLSD, the Bush Tax Cuts were more profitable for the poor and middle class than for the wealthy. The report states that on Jan. 1 the doubling of the child tax credit, increased standard deductions and income credits and the creation of the 10 percent tax bracket — all of which primarily aimed at non-wealthy taxpayers — will vanish if gridlock persists in Washington.While wealthier taxpayers pay more in taxes and stand to lose more money if the tax cuts expire, the impact on low-income taxpayers will be far greater because they live on slimmer margins.Tax Foundation Report, October 2010 [http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/domestic-taxes/123131-study-expiration-of-bush-tax-cuts-will-hit-poorer-workers-hardest] Why do you say this, Ken? Well, can you imagine being a Head of Household earning just $12,400 per year from your part time labor at Smokey’s Juke Joint ad watching the Federal government take 15% of your pay instead of the 10% that “W” said was enough to pay the federal bills. Starting in January 2013, you will pay $1,860 rather than $1,240. That’s an additional $620 to Big Pimp Uncle Sam. You go player. You gotta get that dollar bill y’all! Man, you are making a mountain out of a molehill. They will make that up in Earned Income monies and writing their kids off on taxes. In 2012, the head of household parent with three children received $5,891 in Earned Income Tax Refundable Credits. In 2013, she will receive $4,140. Yeah, that negative $1,751 will make up for the loss of $620 made payable to Big Daddy Uncle Sam. Oh yeah, those kids! She received a Child Tax Credit of $1,000 per child in 2012. In 2013, it falls 50% to $500. You see under President Bush, the Head of Household Filer did pretty well. As Obama exits, they will suffer mightily. In fact, the Bush Tax Cutsgreatly rewarded those that the Far Left deem are the poor and middle class. With low unemployment rates, many were able to escape the fiscal confines of governmental tax-ploitation from the Democrat Tax and Send Lobby. This led to increased consumer and industrial spending and an expansion of the economy. This Message Is Not One spoken of Well by Urban Democrat Tax and Spenders or Carried Well by Conservatives. For Urban Democrats, lower taxes do irreparable harm to their influential powers built upon class and caste envy, government dependence and wealth distribution. Under the assault of lower taxes, people begin to ask three essential questions that eradicate the need for the Democrat Party. The first is “If government can run on less, why do they need so much of my money?” This speaks to the corruption and inefficiency that comes with government intervention into the daily lives of the citizen. Every cause of Man becomes a noble requirement of citizens to devote a portion of their incomes. We are not looking for a “real” solution but merely project or program that will help us cope with the ruin that was done by Man. Since it was Man, or the citizen, that caused the ailment which required the noble cause, a “pure” organization must step forward to oversee the correction of the problem. This pure organization must select the most elite thinkers to oversee the regulation of its competitors–free market capitalists–and fairly pay those that wish to such noble labor. While fairness is the hallmark of the effort, the elite recognize that some workers are better than other workers and must unite them to maintain control of the effort. This nobility requires more pay and benefits than the other knaves. Each has security and performs labor. However, citizens are assured that for additional project and program costs that the project or program will keep people employed and the city, state or federal government working towards the noble effort. Notice how we moved from an efficient effort to correct a problem to a noble effort to maintain those in employment to manage the problem. Corruption of effort leads to corruption of purpose. The corrupted purpose is not self-sufficient. It is built on noble reasoning and funded on the fear that Man will not solve the problem and only Government can manage it. Hence, more money is needed to do much with little outcome. The purpose has allowed the government to grow and burden the people. The citizens are divided: (1) those that recognize waste, fraud and abuse and (2) those that wish to maintain their pre-eminent source of wealth and will do, by any means necessary, to secure its source of power and influence. The second is, “Can we do without government doing this for us?” This question requires exploration and examination. in Urban America, such exploration is deemed fruitless and harmful at once. There are some in Washington, DC that can not imagine a private trash company ridding the city of refuse at a reduced cost. There are some in Washington, DC that will not envision the parent having the power to choose the school for the child based on the needs of the student, the overall performance of the school and the direct access to taxpayer funds to fully support their decision. At one time, we were trained to become doctors, lawyers and entrepreneurs. Today, students in our community, are encouraged to become government workers and study social work. The studies of Math, Science and the Constitution are deemed too hard. How can a people that are unable to get a Voter ID actually run a marketing company that notifies the community of changes in transportation, provide needed care to the poor or represent them justly in discord without government? It goes without saying that the only way to manage poverty is to allow government to involve itself in the daily lives of its citizens. The only way to overcome it is to get government out of the daily lives of its citizens. Such examination is profitable and will lead to liberty. This is at all disdained by the Democrat power brokers and their Urban Poverty Pimps that govern Metropolitan areas. The last is, “Whose money is this anyway?” It’s amazing the number of friends that I have on Face Book with a Blue D surrounded by a Blue Circle in their Information area. This is their Face Book tattoo for being a member of the Democrat Party. However, if you ever pose this question, you get a sincere renegade-like retort. ”My money is my money!” Often, this is the same response I hear in marriage counseling with young couples. ”His money is My Money and My Money is My Money!” Yes, get the Divorce Papers together now. Possession seems the important virtue of wealth accumulation. However, the same individuals misunderstand the power that they lose and the power that a centralized federal government gains in the articles of this possession. When possession is the essential link to success, you are not willing to succumb to a natural requirement to give as needed. You understand that there a noble causes that you can give to without prodding however, greed separates you from such activity. Someone else can take care of this problem. I don’t have it to give to those that can do best in managing it. This is why an all-powerful government suits the Tax and Spend Democrat. It removes their Will to Give and Replaces it with the Patriotic Duty of Hiring Someone to Do It For Them. While Conservatives would prefer to battle the Invisible of Free Markets, Liberals feel most comfortable when the Visible Hand of Taxation automatically withholds funds from them to answer the most noble challenges of the day like funding Government Services Administration (GSA) Trips to Las Vegas or meddling in the private business affairs of mankind by funding Solyndra. To the Conservative, every penny that you earned is yours and to the Liberal, every penny that government allows you to keep is yours. Government in Urban America has spent the past eighty years indoctrinating people to incrementally reduce their Trust in themselves and God and incrementally increase their Trust in Government. In 1964, when President Lyndon Johnson declared a “war on poverty” in America, the poverty rate stood at around 19 percent.Since then, total federal, state, and local spending on anti-poverty programs has amounted to $15 trillion, yet the poverty rate now stands at 15.1 percent, the highest level in nearly a decade. Businesses, families, investors, etc. are all looking to December 31, 2012. For the Poor, their attack is already underway. Unemployment and those exiting the employment market due to an inability to find opportunities are increasing at record high levels. More Americans are on food stamps and welfare than at any time in four decades. More skilled labor opportunities exist than non-skill and that speaks to the education crisis in Urban America. The impact on federal, state and local governments is stark. Michael Tanner, Cato Institute Health and Welfare Studies Director and Author of The Poverty of Welfare: Helping Others in Civil Society”, writes, “Federal, state and local governments now spend $20, 610 a year for every poor person in the United States or $61,830 for each poor family of three.” Since President Obama began his Administration, the Nation’s governments have spent $1 trillion on anti-poverty programs which s $315 Billion more tan the Nation spends on National Defense.[DC Mayor Vincent] Gray is willing to rewrite tech incentives that would save LivingSocial up to $32.5 million in taxes over a five-year period beginning in 2015. By then the company, which has yet to turn a profit, expects to be operating in the black and to have hired an additional 1,000 people in the city. To maximize its savings, at least half of the new hires would be required to live in the District or move to the city within six months of being hired.Businesses and wealthy persons have an advantage that the poor do not. Mobility! If they do not like the way the tax game is being played then, they can pick up their wealthy game pieces and leave. The Poor have no place to go. They will bear the brunt of the forces of tax policy gone wild in Democratland. They have no lobbying group to dine with city leaders to work out a favorable tax deal. Many say that under Republicans, the Rich get Richer. It appears that, under Democrats, the Poor get Poorer. Blame Bush!See More

Excuse Me Pastor, Before You Deliver Your Mother’s Day Sermon…MAY112012LEAVE A COMMENTWRITTEN BY KENNETH MCCLENTONFROM THE DESK OF THE EXCPETIONAL CONSERVATIVE In the Black Church Season, there are really only three big revenue days: Easter, Mother’s Day and Christmas Eve. Trust me, financially, it’s a long stretch between Mother’s Day and Christmas Eve. In fact, your summer budget and finances is directly tied to the strength of performance on Mother’s Day. This is Money Ball Day and everything must be executed without a hitch. Mother’s Day adds a whole new meaning of being about your “Father’s business”. You have lain out your schedule many months ago. Besides your KJV app, your calendar app is your best friend. On Monday, you met with the ministerial team to make certain that all sanctuary duties have been outlined, rehearsed and prepared for execution and that Wednesday Night Bible Study was covered. You will need time to write your sermon. On Tuesday morning, you met with Deacons and Trustees to make certain that membership invitation system has been operating smoothly for the past two weeks and that all expenses accounted. On Tuesday evening, you oversaw the final practice of the Church’s All-Star Choir and Praise Leaders. There won’t be any surprises from the orchestra this Sunday. On Wednesday morning, you met with the Church Secretary to make certain that the bulletin is without grammatical or context error, flowers ordered, roses for Mothers ordered and that the First Lady’s needs have been attended. Whew! It’s Noon. Everything is covered. You can Rest in Perfect Peace with your Mind Stayed on Him! Off to the Barber after lunch. At 2:59 PM, you step in Raheem’s Hair Cuttery and a seat is made out of no way for you! At 3:00 PM, you sit in the chair of the Master Barber and suddenly, a major News Break hits the TV:ABC NEWS SPECIAL REPORT The whole world slows down in front of your face. The entire Barber Shop turns to you. It’s written all over your face. You don’t have to say a word. Surprise, Surprise! Excuse Me Pastor, Before You Deliver Your Mother’s Day Sermon… The Black Church has always been the communications bandwidth of the Community. It was the unbridled passion of the Black Church that resisted the confines of slavery and Jim Crow Democrat Laws and pushed for Civil Rights through allegiance with the Republican Party. It was easy to draw upon its heritage as it was founded by radicals like Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. However, time and misery seems to oppress the greatest testaments of time. Hope over time gave way to despair and Change seemed to fall upon the deaf ears of Heaven. Pulpits that once proclaim the Victory of Christ became filled with proselytizers that promoted liberation based on the color of skin and raised the idealism that God would send ONE that would free us from the disdain of our with-holders. Sermons framed in Patriotism, Liberty and Free Markets were replaced professions of Victimhood, Racial Indifference and Class Envy. By the 1970′s, Conservatives were vilified in the Black Church for the presentation of messages on Family Values. The Republican Party became the enemy and the Democrat Party, the founders of the Ku Klux Klan, for the sake of welfare, entitlements and the redistribution of others wealth, became the friend. However, the friend was merely a wolf in sheep’s clothing. For the sake of a food stamp, a wink and a nod, the Democrat Party seized the liberal Black Church and strangled the Conservative Black Church. Thanks LBJ for the 501 (c) 3. Eventually, it was assumed that membership in the Black Church served as auxiliary membership in the Democrat Party.They went from gay rights to Civil Rights; from gay marriage to marriage equality. Anyone that knows anything about PR, knows that marketing is all about language and communications. Politics is the ultimate form of marketing.~~Raynard Jackson, “Republicans Should Be Gay”, May 11, 2012Pastor, you soon would only open your pulpit to Democrats. The doctrine of Christ could then, only be heard through the voices of Democrats. The Black Church was no longer about the “Father’s business” but about the “government funding business”. The Message suffered. The Community Suffered. Men Left the Church as Their Goldy responsibilities were Replaced by the “forces and provisions of government”. Soon, limited to the participation of women, the Church became a place that depended on the assurances of government security, of privileges as rights and entitlements as life needs. Morality and character became less of a concern of what is sacred and more of what is culturally convenient. For many that remained, the understanding of Faith and politics became simple in discernment: That which is expedient and affirmed of men is most practical and worthy of God’s Blessing. However, there is something that causes the spirit that pursues the Spirit to become “rocked” in his soul. The spirit that has consumed the Word of God understands the limits of mankind and the eternity of the Living God. Even the heathen understands that there is One whom is Greater and must be confided. This is always why it is most unsettling when Judgement first comes to the House. That silence you heard in the Barber Shop is the moaning and groaning of the world awaiting you to become the Son of God. “The president’s in favor of it — I’m sure it will be [included].”– Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid when asked by a reporter whether the legalization of gay marriage will be included as a plank in the Democratic platform at the party’s convention in September in Charlotte, N.C. Excuse Me Pastor, Before You Deliver Your Mother’s Day Sermon… 1Cr 13:13And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these [is] charity. There are some things that you do not know that you need to know before you speak from your pulpit on Sunday. Your unrelenting support of Obama has equivocation to that of Jesus Christ in the eyes of even your most devout parishioners. Such an equivocation was given to Barack Hussein Obama when you advised your sheep to vote for him. That may or may not be your fault. However, it is what it is. You see at your pulpit, they first heard the Good News of Jesus Christ. At your pulpit, they accepted His Words as Truth and you as the Messenger of Truth. The Message and The Messenger was seared in their hearts as One. At you pulpit, they were baptized and professed the Holy Spirit. At your pulpit, they heard the moral doctrines of Faith. At your pulpit, they watched the broken become healed and life renewed in your words and hymns. The power God loans to you in the pulpit is held in reverance and awe. Do you understand how important you have been to a liberal movemnet that sought only your power but none of its Godliness? In a 1939 letter, [Planned Parenthood Founder Margaret] Sanger wrote, “The minister’s work is also important and he should be trained, perhaps by the Federation as to our ideals and the goal that we hope to reach. We do not want word to go out that we want to exterminate the Negro population and the minister is the man who can straighten out that idea if it ever occurs to any of their more rebellious members.” Many, to this day, have more Faith and Trust in you than the Bible that they carry on Sunday morning. It is sad but true. Yet, the silence you heard Wednesday afternoon, God made certain that they heard too. They are shocked. They are in disbelief. They are hurt. They blame you. I know you did not want to hear that part but it is truth. On Sunday, before you blame men for leaving their responsibilities and putting women in harm’s way, you need to privately and publicly repent. Such repentance should be before your fullest assembly. You ask, “Repent from what?” It is the omitted power of equivocation. Your congregants believe now that you, the Man of God, would not have endorsed a man for public office that believes that marriage is not sacred but irreligious or ungodly. That marriage is subject to human fallacy and interpretation and not origin-ed from the very Words of God. Hence, some believe that there is no doctrinal requirement to promote the sacredness of marriage because there is a separation of Faith and State. Hence, Sunday Only Christianity is acceptable in the sight of God. Yeah, they got all of that and more in a simple statement from the President of the United States. What is more? You may need to prepare them for the unforgivable: the Democrat Party will add Same-Sex Marriage to their Political Platform. Whom will you serve? I write this knowing that many ministers did not go before the Father to ask for His permission to endorse President Obama. I know this because you have probably done more vetting of an associate minister that will preach in your pulpit than the Press did of our own President. You probably have spent more time designing your new sanctuary. For some, I know that you accepted him because he had a “D” behind his name. For some, it was because of the color of his skin. There is too much at stake in America to keep this charade going. Too many will suffer lack as a result of prideful commitment to false and manipulated allegiances. By the way, Obama did not seek Spritual counsel before he announced what “Mankind” had told him to do. Yeah, he called his Pastor after he made his decsision to “go forth”. I guess you have never done that before. In an unscientific poll taken on my face book website, the majority of persons responded, “Yes, it is wise for Men of God to admit error and to lead his flock in doctrine.” The risk? Already, in barber shops across the country, many are advising that they will not vote in this election. They have the power but will not leave home to express it. Imagine when they employ this silence in your temple on Sunday morning. Voting with one’s morality (feet) can put quite a damper in doing the “Father’s business”.See More

From The Desk of The Exceptional Conservative Show The Great Philosopher Confucius preached of governmental and personal morality, honorable social relationships, just living and sincerity. He wrote, “In a country well-governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.” This is the tale of two Presidential Administrations in the US and an impending calamity that will occur after the next Presidential election. Under President George W. Bush, the nation was guided through the hymnal of shame at the excess of the wealthy. It spurred many employed persons to complain that the wealthy ought to pay more taxes and be more fair with the distribution of their property. The United States became ashamed of the large number of poor persons that were unable to find work (average unemployment rate for two terms was about 5%) and would have to live off of food stamps and welfare (28 million). Today, President Barack Hussein Obama speaks of the poisonous “silver spoon” that has oppressed the poor and middle class. Capitalism, under the Bush administration, has been a noose around the necks of those that have prospered outside of union manipulation, corrupted market systems and government sponsored endeavors. Only a mighty stimulus will reward those that seek life, liberty and the pursuits of happiness from the fountains of Central Planning Organizations. Obama has clearly defined, for the masses of people that ride their BMW’s (Bus/Metro Train/Walk) to the Mall to watch TV since they can not afford the increased costs of utilities in their homes, that America’s greatest shame is not its poverty but its wealth. The media continues its propaganda rantings about the economic successes of the current Administration. However, more people than ever are out of work (greater than 8% today) and nearly twice as many people are living off of food stamps and welfare (47 million). In the cabinet drawer of life, Obama’s disdain for the “silver spoon” of wealth creation has not been lost on his preference for the “golden spoon” of entitlement. Confucius says, “Do not impose on others what you do not desire yourself.” If Confucius were around today then, by the numbers, I believe that he would say that George Bush governed well in comparison to President Obama. So whom wears this shame? It is worn by the American citizens that empowered a economic neophyte to take the helm of the most powerful Nation in the world on the clandestine promise of “hope and change”! Let us be absolutely transparent. TAXMAGGEDON is REAL. It is a ruthless attempt to penalize those that will not vote the current president out of office. Those that will suffer most will be those that he says he holds most dear: the poor and middle class. Taxmaggedonis a $500 Billion Hammer that Obama and his Democrat Senate plans to throw at the heads of American taxpayers. This added to the Sickle of Obama Care Taxes on the Red Background of our gloomy national deficit of $16 Trillion and you get a pretty good idea of the direction that class envy will take you. Obama has always chosen class envy over prudent economic policy. Class envy makes enemies of fiscal conservatives, appeasers of moderating Independents and Republicans in Name Only and moralists of Marxists, Socialists and Keynesian Theorists on Steroids. In observance of the class envy, politicking in the US has changed. It makes multimillionaire politicians feel as if they have to apologize for their success and at times, for the success of their ancestors. There it is. It is a shame to earn, inherit or invest wealth. It must be given to you by the great bureaucrats of the ever expanding central government. But Ken, I just filed my 2011 Tax Return. Why are we even talking about this? I believe that this moment warrants a sincere consideration of an immense and deadly financial tsunami that will soon broach the paychecks of laborers, the capital gains of investment portfolios and the philanthropic resources of non-profit agencies. For the “We Got You Back, Obama” clientele, nothing I proclaim will make sense to you. Your answers are written on golden tablets buried beneath the Oak tree under which you slumber awaiting Obama to pay for your gas and your mortgage. However, for those awakened by the fall of ACORNs, you will understand that absolute allegiance will cost you and your grandchildren a fortune. Let’s start with the basics. The Obama Tax Cuts will expire on December 31,2012. Yes, the same man that brought you the infamous “Make Work Pay” Credit [STAND WITH THE WORKERS OF AMERICA. USSA. USSA.] is proud of his seventeen (17) small business tax cuts. However, they too shall pass. The Bush Tax Cuts will expire on December 31, 2012. Despite what Madam Rachel tells you on MSLSD, the Bush Tax Cuts were more profitable for the poor and middle class than for the wealthy. The report states that on Jan. 1 the doubling of the child tax credit, increased standard deductions and income credits and the creation of the 10 percent tax bracket — all of which primarily aimed at non-wealthy taxpayers — will vanish if gridlock persists in Washington.While wealthier taxpayers pay more in taxes and stand to lose more money if the tax cuts expire, the impact on low-income taxpayers will be far greater because they live on slimmer margins.Tax Foundation Report, October 2010 [http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/domestic-taxes/123131-study-expiration-of-bush-tax-cuts-will-hit-poorer-workers-hardest] Why do you say this, Ken? Well, can you imagine being a Head of Household earning just $12,400 per year from your part time labor at Smokey’s Juke Joint ad watching the Federal government take 15% of your pay instead of the 10% that “W” said was enough to pay the federal bills. Starting in January 2013, you will pay $1,860 rather than $1,240. That’s an additional $620 to Big Pimp Uncle Sam. You go player. You gotta get that dollar bill y’all! Man, you are making a mountain out of a molehill. They will make that up in Earned Income monies and writing their kids off on taxes. In 2012, the head of household parent with three children received $5,891 in Earned Income Tax Refundable Credits. In 2013, she will receive $4,140. Yeah, that negative $1,751 will make up for the loss of $620 made payable to Big Daddy Uncle Sam. Oh yeah, those kids! She received a Child Tax Credit of $1,000 per child in 2012. In 2013, it falls 50% to $500. You see under President Bush, the Head of Household Filer did pretty well. As Obama exits, they will suffer mightily. In fact, the Bush Tax Cutsgreatly rewarded those that the Far Left deem are the poor and middle class. With low unemployment rates, many were able to escape the fiscal confines of governmental tax-ploitation from the Democrat Tax and Send Lobby. This led to increased consumer and industrial spending and an expansion of the economy. This Message Is Not One spoken of Well by Urban Democrat Tax and Spenders or Carried Well by Conservatives. For Urban Democrats, lower taxes do irreparable harm to their influential powers built upon class and caste envy, government dependence and wealth distribution. Under the assault of lower taxes, people begin to ask three essential questions that eradicate the need for the Democrat Party. The first is “If government can run on less, why do they need so much of my money?” This speaks to the corruption and inefficiency that comes with government intervention into the daily lives of the citizen. Every cause of Man becomes a noble requirement of citizens to devote a portion of their incomes. We are not looking for a “real” solution but merely project or program that will help us cope with the ruin that was done by Man. Since it was Man, or the citizen, that caused the ailment which required the noble cause, a “pure” organization must step forward to oversee the correction of the problem. This pure organization must select the most elite thinkers to oversee the regulation of its competitors–free market capitalists–and fairly pay those that wish to such noble labor. While fairness is the hallmark of the effort, the elite recognize that some workers are better than other workers and must unite them to maintain control of the effort. This nobility requires more pay and benefits than the other knaves. Each has security and performs labor. However, citizens are assured that for additional project and program costs that the project or program will keep people employed and the city, state or federal government working towards the noble effort. Notice how we moved from an efficient effort to correct a problem to a noble effort to maintain those in employment to manage the problem. Corruption of effort leads to corruption of purpose. The corrupted purpose is not self-sufficient. It is built on noble reasoning and funded on the fear that Man will not solve the problem and only Government can manage it. Hence, more money is needed to do much with little outcome. The purpose has allowed the government to grow and burden the people. The citizens are divided: (1) those that recognize waste, fraud and abuse and (2) those that wish to maintain their pre-eminent source of wealth and will do, by any means necessary, to secure its source of power and influence. The second is, “Can we do without government doing this for us?” This question requires exploration and examination. in Urban America, such exploration is deemed fruitless and harmful at once. There are some in Washington, DC that can not imagine a private trash company ridding the city of refuse at a reduced cost. There are some in Washington, DC that will not envision the parent having the power to choose the school for the child based on the needs of the student, the overall performance of the school and the direct access to taxpayer funds to fully support their decision. At one time, we were trained to become doctors, lawyers and entrepreneurs. Today, students in our community, are encouraged to become government workers and study social work. The studies of Math, Science and the Constitution are deemed too hard. How can a people that are unable to get a Voter ID actually run a marketing company that notifies the community of changes in transportation, provide needed care to the poor or represent them justly in discord without government? It goes without saying that the only way to manage poverty is to allow government to involve itself in the daily lives of its citizens. The only way to overcome it is to get government out of the daily lives of its citizens. Such examination is profitable and will lead to liberty. This is at all disdained by the Democrat power brokers and their Urban Poverty Pimps that govern Metropolitan areas. The last is, “Whose money is this anyway?” It’s amazing the number of friends that I have on Face Book with a Blue D surrounded by a Blue Circle in their Information area. This is their Face Book tattoo for being a member of the Democrat Party. However, if you ever pose this question, you get a sincere renegade-like retort. ”My money is my money!” Often, this is the same response I hear in marriage counseling with young couples. ”His money is My Money and My Money is My Money!” Yes, get the Divorce Papers together now. Possession seems the important virtue of wealth accumulation. However, the same individuals misunderstand the power that they lose and the power that a centralized federal government gains in the articles of this possession. When possession is the essential link to success, you are not willing to succumb to a natural requirement to give as needed. You understand that there a noble causes that you can give to without prodding however, greed separates you from such activity. Someone else can take care of this problem. I don’t have it to give to those that can do best in managing it. This is why an all-powerful government suits the Tax and Spend Democrat. It removes their Will to Give and Replaces it with the Patriotic Duty of Hiring Someone to Do It For Them. While Conservatives would prefer to battle the Invisible of Free Markets, Liberals feel most comfortable when the Visible Hand of Taxation automatically withholds funds from them to answer the most noble challenges of the day like funding Government Services Administration (GSA) Trips to Las Vegas or meddling in the private business affairs of mankind by funding Solyndra. To the Conservative, every penny that you earned is yours and to the Liberal, every penny that government allows you to keep is yours. Government in Urban America has spent the past eighty years indoctrinating people to incrementally reduce their Trust in themselves and God and incrementally increase their Trust in Government. In 1964, when President Lyndon Johnson declared a “war on poverty” in America, the poverty rate stood at around 19 percent.Since then, total federal, state, and local spending on anti-poverty programs has amounted to $15 trillion, yet the poverty rate now stands at 15.1 percent, the highest level in nearly a decade. Businesses, families, investors, etc. are all looking to December 31, 2012. For the Poor, their attack is already underway. Unemployment and those exiting the employment market due to an inability to find opportunities are increasing at record high levels. More Americans are on food stamps and welfare than at any time in four decades. More skilled labor opportunities exist than non-skill and that speaks to the education crisis in Urban America. The impact on federal, state and local governments is stark. Michael Tanner, Cato Institute Health and Welfare Studies Director and Author of The Poverty of Welfare: Helping Others in Civil Society”, writes, “Federal, state and local governments now spend $20, 610 a year for every poor person in the United States or $61,830 for each poor family of three.” Since President Obama began his Administration, the Nation’s governments have spent $1 trillion on anti-poverty programs which s $315 Billion more tan the Nation spends on National Defense.[DC Mayor Vincent] Gray is willing to rewrite tech incentives that would save LivingSocial up to $32.5 million in taxes over a five-year period beginning in 2015. By then the company, which has yet to turn a profit, expects to be operating in the black and to have hired an additional 1,000 people in the city. To maximize its savings, at least half of the new hires would be required to live in the District or move to the city within six months of being hired.Businesses and wealthy persons have an advantage that the poor do not. Mobility! If they do not like the way the tax game is being played then, they can pick up their wealthy game pieces and leave. The Poor have no place to go. They will bear the brunt of the forces of tax policy gone wild in Democratland. They have no lobbying group to dine with city leaders to work out a favorable tax deal. Many say that under Republicans, the Rich get Richer. It appears that, under Democrats, the Poor get Poorer. Blame Bush!See More

FROM THE DESK OF THE EXCEPTIONAL CONSERVATIVE What A Day! You could easily draw the sword of the pen from its sheath to attack or defend a multitude of topics. I could easily press my blade against the flesh of Governor Mitt Romney's inability to knock out his opponents, thus causing a Brokered Grand Ol' Party (GOP) Convention in Tampa this August. Romney was beaten so badly that even the Media wept at his great loss. The FOX All-Star Team was at a great loss to explain how Conservatives in Alabama and Mississippi were not fawning over the Beloved "Front Runner". Romney beaten so badly by Conservatives in the South that he came out this morning proclaiming his disdain for Planned Parenthood. Clutch the pearls, this is better than him eating "cheesy grits". One could easily press the mighty lead across multiple sheets, ceasing the moment to discuss, ad nausea, the great accomplishments of Rick Santorum and his sidekick, Newt Gingrich. However, I will save that for the more accurate and witty striker of note, the esteemed analyst Kirsten Powell, ever captivating, attractive, in spite of the minutiae that spills from her lips or submit to the "well researched drivel" of Stanley Fish. Carrying on such sensations about the GOP Presidential Proceedings truly bore me. It is called a campaign! Yes, an organized process by which combatants choose various hostile strategies to achieve a singular objective. If these men were not gladiators then, we would be worthy of five (5) to six (6) hours of Brett Brier and Meghan Kelly. No, my fingers delight this moment in a more captivating prose. Perusing the latest edition of the most Far Left, racist circular remaining in the Nation's Capitol, I took preeminent note of its Front Page Story. Surely, its editors had designed the headline in such an ornate manner apart from all other such stories. As editors do, in parlaying to the noble reader relevance and striking symbolism, the headlines served as the community's talking point, judge and jury of the enforcement actions of a federal agency investigating the multiple campaign fraud allegations against the District of Columbia's Mayor and City Council Members. The Headline:Thompson, Cobb, Bazilio Stands Strong in Wake of RaidCo-Founder: 'Firm's Good Works Overlooked'Why do I cling to this? I shall illuminate some and bring to remembrance for others the plenteous and harmful reasons for the absence of alternative narrative in the local world of politics. It is the control of the narrative that separates truth and its liberating spirit from the vices and deceits of oppressive ideologies. Republicans, those that harbor their influences from the Heartland of America to the docks of their Capitol Hill offices, often ask, "Why can we not get minorities to join us?" Local Urban Conservatives, seemingly separated by Iron Curtain, seem satisfied with the prevailing winds of punditry. Offered the wine of "most Black Republicans have moved to the Suburbs" and the bread of "Nobody in the Inner City likes the Republicans", many return to their pew of despair acknowledging once again that, while we have communed at distance with the One that shares our passion, we shall never know the power of the liberation that comes with communion. Each, the Republican Party and Urban Conservatives, seem to pass in the night while our inner cities falter like the Titanic. There must be a moment when each discovers that "It's the Narrative, Stupid!" and begin to control the message that is received from our messengers. In this series, I will alight many to the fact that "All Corruption Is Local". This message is essential to establishing the foundation of power acquisition within Urban America. To understand the absence of power sharing in Urban America, you have to study the phrase, "It speaks". A Walt Carr drawn cartoon, entitled "WHEN YOU'VE NEVER BEEN ON THE OTHER SIDE", appears in the aforementioned circular. It distinguishes two characters: O'Reilly (representing the oppressive white folk) and Black Folk (representing All of Black Folk). O'Reilly portends, "I heard what he said and I don't sense any racial overtones." Emboldened, the Black Folk responds, "You know what...You Don't Sense It, You Don't See It, You Don't Feel It, You Don't Hear It, You Don't Smell It, You Don't Live It and You Sure As Hell Don't Get It!" The stark revelations emitted from this 'toon would energize a slug to investigate the best methodologies to tear down the Iron Curtain. Let's Play CSI: Conservative. The Racist, Far Left Black Press has made itself folly to those of reason and hero to those blinded by the absurd. The Racist, Far Left Black Press purports a symbolism of unity in both of the characters. It is far better for those that are too lazy to investigate beyond the handiest, historical stereotypes to explore the varied insights of a community. The Racist, Far Left Black Press never relents from the tired exposition of WHITE CONSERVATIVE is the oppressor and BLACK LIBERAL is the freedom fighter. When comparing periods of economic expansion, educational achievement and overall quality of life during times when "oppressors" and "freedom fighters" controlled the thrones of power, BLACK FOLK seemed to excel during periods of "oppression". During periods when freedom fighters held power, BLACK FOLK seemed to pale in economic comparison. The Racist, Far Left portends that such comparisons are anomalies and that "token" conservatives that make such comparisons feed the lies of the O'Reilly. The strength of the Racist, Far Left hence, represents the weakness of the freedom fighters. The Bunker Buster of Truth can not be distorted with reason. The hole exists. You can sense it. You can see it. You feel it. You heard the blast. You smell roil of sulfur and clay. You have experienced it momentary liberation. You have a sliver of comprehension. Hurry, Racist, Far Left Press before the reality becomes actualized.The man said he hates the witch-hunt quality of the allegations, adding that he hoped the media would give Thompson a fair shake. He also blamed Sulaimon Brown for the city's political unrest.When challenged to employ reason to the hallmarks of truth, the Racist, Far Left Black Press must explain it away with propaganda. Hopefully after years of muffling freedom fighters realities with sensational zeal, the people shall surely not rise up against those in power. They will verily slumber. Even pass this off as a result of their plight as a city that has no Voting Congressional Representation. The people will not see it all for what it is. How can a man point out the unrighteousness of Far Left freedom fighter causing such dramatic unrest? Does he know how much "good" has been done too such noble causes as Planned Parenthood and the NAACP? We must remember that this pursuit of justice is not fair. Certainly, if the mayor and city council were WHITE then, the "oppressors" would not be investigated, have their homes raided and their good name smeared! Placing Blinders on the Absurd is essential to restoring those to the balance of victim-hood and powerlessness. To the Far Left, race really is not a problem. It is a solution. A means of dividing, conquering and imprisoning. The Racist, Far Left Black Press are the guardsmen of the sensational narrative that employs the strategy of elevating people, personalities and propaganda above principles, prudence and personal pursuit. As the Informer opines that "War Is Hell", it is essential that those of strong will guard their narrative as sternly as they guard their hearts. Before we conquer the people, personalities and propaganda of the Racist, Far Left Black Press, we must begin to chip away at the "Iron Curtain" that separates Conservatives from liberating Urban America. Our success is directly attributed to our ability to comprehend the culture and influence the issues of Urban America. Speaker of the House Tip O'Neil succinctly advised, "All politics is local." I submit, "All corruption is local." Corruption is defined as:Dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery.The action of making someone or something morally depraved or the state of being so.The Racist, Far Left Black Press has done wonders to shield its "friends" for relevant inquisition by constituents and reporters alike. Dishonestly, they have bandied about the notion that Urban America is the seat of "the least, the last and the lost." Fraudulently, they have overlooked the character flaws of many politicians simply for the fruits of access and financial subsidy. Self-preservation prevails over corporate responsibility and the liberal expectations of personal responsibility. Such efforts have debilitated citizens from holding their public servants accountable and has produced a people resistant to employ their Constitutional Right to Vote because it will avail little in return. There is a passage of Scripture in the Gospel of John that advises, "And ye shall know the truth and the the truth shall make you free." Freedom is the least concern for the Racist, Far Left Black Press. It is unattainable unless all of life is fair or made fair. The Racist, Far Left Black Press eschews the Just to live by Fairness. There are three things that Conservatives must do in order to assuage corruption and remove the blinders. Firstly, worship together. Find one day in which you visit an Urban worship center. Our founding fathers knew that only a moral people could abide by the US Constitution. Sacrifice comfort, both Black Conservative and all others, and find a date to worship together. Holding Pastors accountable for what they say will inevitably push them closer to exploring the Word that they preach. In doing so, they will find it easier to approach the issues of the world without blaming the past for future outcomes. Secondly, invest in the Urban Conservative Talk Marketplace. There are many Americans of variant hue that wish to proclaim the principles of conservatism and educate a people that have grown nearly one hundred years apart from their conservative heritage. The battle is an all consuming one and requires resources. Support local conservative radio stations and commentators through advertising, equipment or other resources. We once flew over nations and dropped leaflets about liberty. Help us drop conservatism on the air waves of Urban America. Finally, encourage local organizations that promote conservative principles. When was the last time there was a Boy Scout meeting at your church or school? There are a lot of single mothers that would like their sons influenced by strong male personas. Encourage organizations that are teaching conservative principles or campaigning for conservative candidates. We must know that it is more important for a people to learn conservative principles than register as a Republican. While one will prevail over an election, the other will prevail over generations. This is not a battle for the hearts of a people. This is a war to overcome corruption and remove the blinders from the eyes of the real oppressed.See More

From the Desk of The Exceptional ConservativeAnd afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zarah. ~ Genesis 38:30I know that many of you have thrown away your Heritage Dictionaries and have leaned on the Wisdom of the Great One in the White House to outline for you what true justice is. The Great Harvard Graduate Without Grades defines Justice as:“We’ve got some difficult debates and some tough fights to come,” Obama said. “As I’ve said before, we are at a make-or-break moment for the middle class. And in many ways, the actions we take in the months ahead will help determine what kind of country we want to be, and what kind of world we want our children and grandchildren to grow up in.” [ President Obama in his final weekly address of 2011]Obama's definition of justice is built on the word "fair" and he defines it as "making or breaking the middle class." I rightly don't know if that is an apt definition of either justice or fair. I am a certain that if I turn to Attorney General Eric Holder, he would be square with me and define each rightly. Not that I would be prejudiced by the fair treatment of Solyndra however, I trust Holder would give a better deifintion than Obama.One of my favorite truth sayings in the Word of God is the telling of the Justice of Tamar. I well know that with all of the Ivory Tower convolutions of the King James Bible that yours might have a different read. I'll go with my interpretation in order to expound upon the power of a red string. Unquenched by this, you may ask, "What is the power of the red string?" It's regal purpose has been spoken of over aeons. In Japanese and Chinese cultures of yore, the red thread signed that the gods tied an invisible red string around the ankles of those that are destined to be soul mates and marry. In Hebraic culture, inheritance was crucial to the general welfare of the nation. It was the eldest son that received the lion's share of wealth, property and business upon the death of the father. In cases where a mother conceived twins, the midwife would tie the hand of the first child that pierced the womb thus, eliminating any debate of legitimacy of the reward of spoils. In Tamar's case, her levirate cause ended with the greatest shock of her and our lives. She surely had twins. Surely, one child--Zarah (rising light)--extended a hand to receive a "fair" reward. The midwife did as she ought. However, the second baby--Pharez ("breach")--extended himself and received a "just" reward. Now many of you ask, "Why did you label Zarah the "fair" baby and Pharez, the "just" baby. Zarah inherited a portion of the wealth of Judah and is never mentioned again in the Bible. Pharez became the paternal linneage of the Great King David and the King of Kings, Jesus the Christ. Just and Fair ain't the same, as best said in my unsavory southern colloquialism. Hence, our debate with the "Fair" Left should be built on the principles of Justice and clearly drawn upon by scholar and knave alike to explain that patriotism and liberty are hewn from the rock of individual prusuit and not government distribution. Simply put, we are "Just" Right."Just Right"? Yeah, that's cute but the Democrats and Socialists have the momentum of the Occupy Movement. The GOP have told us how weak we are and Speaker John Boehner threw us under the bus. Heck, Obama might win the Iowa and South Carolina Primaries. I understand. The Media and DC Establishment have been so right for so long. How could they fail?Since 2007, the region’s economy has grown by about 14 percent at a time when the national economy has expanded by about 3 percent. According to Stephen Fuller, my colleague at George Mason University and the go-to guy for statistics on the regional economy, growth here has exceeded that of every other metropolitan region. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/as-federal-gravy-train-ends-...]When the US Treasury Department is your personal ATM, it is very easy to promote the ideas of wretched destruction: Socialism and Marxism. What's the method? Tax and Spend. The power to "reach" into another man's wallet with the fullest authority of the State to redistribute his wealth in a manner deemed proper and beneficial to others without the sincere consent of the walletholder. When such power is granted by force and influenced with guilt and envious judgement, it makes the burdened susceptible to the acceptance of a constant place of economic security and the false assertion that a winsome bureaucrat can righteously mete out financial supports. Somehow, government has the uncanny ability to choose winners and losers in individual accomplishment, establish caste systems from which to usurp endless resource and punish those that resist either in the official speech of the authority or the symbiotic speech of the media. Those that are "fair" believe it a right to "reach" into the "wealth" of the few to support the lives of the many. What is queer about the definition of the few is in its real time application. The few becomes the many that should support the indvividual cause or person that fits within the acceptable cradle that is rocked. If its free education then, that cradle is acceptable. If every person has a right to a house then, that cradle is acceptable. However, what is uncovered is that the bureaucrats with the "god" ordained duty of dispersion garner the lion's share of support, both financial and popular, for their efforts. Their efforts produce no wealth and keeps the individual under the harness of the authority that feeds it. Eengineered on the promise that those that have receieved their ill-gotten gains will be surely punished, the Justice in Chief can act as legislator, executor and court. Simply, we encourage the rich to remain rich and pay for the privilege and we encourage the poor to stay poor or we will punish their success. There is really no middle class. The Robin Hoodesque system has broken it.Just and Fair are two different things. A just system seeks the better end of the person rather than the system. Just is built on a moral principle. Fair is built on popular agreement. Fair systems seek the acceptable continuance, temporal rewards of the authority that rocks the cradle. Vendor Managed Solutions President Rumia Ambrose-Burbank counted on a just system to produce success. She did not count on fairness to spin off her company from Electronic Data Systems. Once graced with funding from a "friendly" mentoring group, Ms. Ambrose-Burbank had to learn to rock her own cradle in order to build her business. She did not curse the wind but applied the skills that she had developed in corporate America to exploit her niche and create profit enough to hire employees, meet payroll, provide quality service to customers and expand sales. Is it fair? NO! It is just that she profits from her success. How much of her success does she deserve? All of it. Should anyone begrudge her success. I hope not as in capitalism free markets offer the best opportunity for individuals to gain wealth. Her pursuit empowered others to pursue their own endeavors. Her industry is not illicit nor does it steal from the common good. She has the power to rock the cradle and based on performance can produce greater return than a government project. There is a city that is built on the promise of fairness. It has built quite a largess to support its good intenetioned lifestyle:In the past decade, for example, federal employment increased by 50,000, more than erasing the declines of the Clinton era. More significantly, federal procurement spending over the decade grew 166 percent, to $80 billion from $30 billion. With less than 5 percent of the nation’s population, the region captures 17 percent of the federal payroll and 21 percent of procurement dollars.It’s been a wonderful ride, not just for the past 10 years but the past 20, and it has helped make ours one of the richest regions in the country. Which makes it all the more painful to have to inform you that it’s about to come to an end.Yes, America, those that have built the empire of "fairness" understand that their time is coming to an end. As with all Ponzi schemes, the battle to rock the cradle of Tax and Spend to subsidize the armies amassed to distribute the rewards is coming to an end. When any well dries up, you must either dig deeper or move on. The rest of the country has dug pretty deep to sustain the welfare of those that are sent to serve the people. The cradle must be taken away in November 2012. Washington, DC must be seiged by no nonsense conservatives that believe it is best to govern justly rather than fairly. The inheritance left by those that govern justly is always greater than those that govern fairly. Obama prizes his rhetoric on the ability to recount what he inherited. Someday, our grandchildren will be able to recount what they inherited from our governance.See More

FROM THE DESK OF THE EXCEPTIONAL CONSERVATIVE A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself;his aim is so exalted thatriches, office, fortune and favour cannot satisfy him.Samuel Johnson After last night's show, I was walking in the "Third Heaven". It was a tremendous joy to share the "Good News" in preparation for Thanksgiving with our ever growing audience. Interviewing Stephen and Vickie Mitchell, Founders of The Moral Radio Show and Moral Radio Nation Network, brought to remembrance the very reasons for starting my own show on the American Conservative Nation Radio Network. It was neither to present a perfect political philosophy nor to present a perfect orator of the doctrines of conservatism. It was to point us towards the True Perfecter of our thoughts, words and deeds. The Exceptional Conservative Show was established to help us, especially Urban Americans, delve into the cultural, religious and social foundations of conservatism. Never to dilute the product with inconsequential rhetoric or worldly compromise, the Show was a vehicle to bring Urban Americans into the Tent of Conservatism. Conservatism is not a political party but a way of life. It's universal principles are so succinct and prescient that they stand against the marvels of time and modernity. There is a FAITH component to both the US Constitution and the Principles of Conservatism. In the State of Nature, there is God upon which all governments are built upon His shoulders. He ordains life, liberty and freedom for all mankind and allocates resources upon which His Sons remains stewards over. It is in the gentle balance of liberty and property that propels the individual to enter into a social contract with his community. This contract, the US Constitution, transfers limited powers from the Sovereign individual to the State. It gives expressed powers to the state while respecting the individual's obeisance to God and his ordained freedoms within family and community. Simply, the State serves the Individual whom serves God. All natural rights are derived from the Sovereign and entrusted to the servant. The service of one to another requires FAITH. One of Conservatism's first principles is the recognition of a moral order. Russell Kirk wrote, "First, the conservative believes that there exists an enduring moral order. That order is made for man, and man is made for it: human nature is a constant, and moral truths are permanent." Understanding that the Created can not reorder the workings of the Creator and live in moral truth, it behooves men and women of great intellectual prowess to concede that the wars that we fight are not carnal yet, they are spiritual in essence. The bankruptcy that shows up at the Federal Reserve is subject to a spiritual bankruptcy. The behavior of the entitled is evident in the spiritual bankruptcy of the person. The battles that exist--economic, social and political--are the resultant of the decomposition of moral order. America is fighting a War of Faith. Men once recognized that absolute faith in the personalities and philosophies of Mankind yielded absolute corruption. American Patriots knew that absolute Faith in the Word and Principles of God would be the best ruler over the behavior and ideas of our citizenry. America can be freed from this moral malfeasance. However, we must overcome corruption and eliminate it as a practical business of unchecked Urban Power. Why are you going on and on about this, Ken? Government is the only way that we can overcome the troubles lain before us. We have a crushing National Debt of $14 trillion dollars. The Democrats in Congress have not presented or approved a budget in almost 3 years. Reported Unemployment is 9% and in some Urban Neighborhoods, it is as high as 46%. The GOP just voted on legislation that would Cut, Cap and Balance the National Debt except that it would not cut or cap and would leave a hefty imbalance. Obama believes that Americans are lazy and are not taxed enough. Should we not focus on these issues? How can we, common men and women, settle these issues? "We must have FAITH in our government", you say. I am not a Libertarian but I want you to listen to the words of one that has some wisdom of which I do agree. Dr. Ron Paul on Morals:"Too often some people who put themselves into the conservative fundamentalist camp think that, if you have more laws, you’ll be more moral. And I say that laws can’t make you moral. But if we are a moral people, which was advised by our Founders, then a free society can work. Then the laws can be moral. But you can’t do it the other way. You can’t mold people by more legislation. I’m sure you understand that because, if people have bad habits, just passing a lot of laws are not going to make them moral.But if you have a correct moral understanding of the law, and I like to think about the moral understanding that Bastiat had about the law, the government can’t do anything that you and I can’t do, I think that’s quite different. And I bring that in the context of our religious beliefs and the Old Testament and the responsibility to the family and the local church, rather than the federal government trying to solve all our problems." Our Constitution was not written that man would rely upon the powers extended the "visible" hand of government to resolve our every condition, circumstance and consequence. Nor was it created with an allowance for men to exceed limited scope yielding rights to men that were not of the natural state. Depending on the citizens' servants as the answer for the hope that lies within us awkwardly reforms the state of submission in the performance of duty and creates an environment where the relative few bureaucrats have been endowed with inordinate power over the greater masses that originally entrusted them with such privilege. When our FAITH is built on patronage rather than stewardship then, we subject ourselves to the whims of every foreign doctrine and the promise of noble patronage. Political corruption is the use of legislated powers by government officials for illegitimate private gain. Bribery, extortion, cronyism, nepotism, patronage, graft, and embezzlement are forms of corruption. Seemingly, a day does not pass, in the Washington Metropolitan Area, when there is a report of such activity at the federal, state or local level. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. are accused of illegally trading stocks based upon coveted information or access. For people like you and me, that's Insider Trading! What a fool Martha Stewart was, All she had to do was become a Congresswoman and she would have been merely celebrating her strategy of getting back at the one (1%) per-centers! I know, I know, my Libertarian friends. Some people just have more and better information in making money. There is no crime. Don't we all profit from the wealth creations of others? "But we now know that many of the senators who protected Fannie and Freddie, including Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Christopher Dodd, have received mind-boggling levels of financial support from them over the years", writes Kevin Hassett in "How the Democrats Created the Financial Crisis". Oh yeah, he's talking about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, y'all. Got another $7.6 Billion just lying around the house, America? In Prince George's County, Maryland, former Prince George's County Executive Jack Johnson and his wife, Leslie Johnson, a former county councilwoman, are trying to hawk their new multi-million dollar idea to Victoria Secret's. The Democrats use to shake down corporate leaders and developers, in a pay-to-play culture of government, for between $400,000 and $1 million in bribes. In November 2010, Johnson was caught on a phone call secretly recorded by the FBI directing his wife to destroy an illicit $100,000 check from a developer and to conceal nearly $80,000 in cash in her undergarments. This is when the NEXT BIG IDEA comes. Patent a woman's underwear design that can provide support and hold shape but also conceal TOP DOLLARS. We can just call it "BLING" at Victoria's Secret. The Johnsons, when you get out, call me! Locally, the DC City Council is more known for breaking the laws than writing them. I guess that is the only way to gain perfection: "Practice. Practice. Practice." The lineup is quite stunning when you think about it. In remembrance of the season never to come, let's announce the starting line-up for DC Corruption. Small Forward: Yvette Alexander. Hit with $2,000 fine for use of Constituent Services Funds for Personal Use. Shooting Guard: Kwame Brown. After negotiating a two Cadillac Escalade SUV contract, he was hit with a Complainant alleging that the Respondent Committee violated District of Columbia Official Code § 1-1102.06 (b)(10) by failing to timely report 53 expenditures totaling $169,431.49 in the total sum of all expenditures that were made by the Committee. Point Guard: David Catania, master of the court of public opinion and coincidence, loads up on a $240,000 a year for a company that makes $9 million off of a DC government contract. Power Forward: Harry L. Thomas, Jr. Using the resources of his DC Council Member office secretly diverted over $300,000 away from a non-profit youth organization to his own wallet. There was concern that this injury would set him back a spell. The Washington post reports, "Since the council returned from summer recess last month, Thomas has tried to project a sense of normalcy: voting on a tax increase and ethics proposals, questioning Mayor Vincent C. Gray (D) about jobs for city residents and participating in a campaign to prevent teen pregnancy by speaking out about having a son when he was 19." Finally, it is who you came to see. Mr. Prime-Time. The Hardest Hustling Politician this Side of Congress. Starting at Center, out of the Great State of Confusion, none other than Mayor for Life Marion Barry, Sr. Barry has been plagued by misconceptions and false accusations since he became the starter. However, he has played through and appears to be leading Team Corruption to a Title. So just how does a city under the cult of Democrat rule deal with corruption successfully? Firstly, you have to admit that there is a problem and that you are the reason for the problem. Transparency International, the global civil society organization leading the fight against corruption, annually produces a Corruption Perception index (CPI). Transparency believes that corruption hurts everyone, and it harms the poor the most. Corruption has dire global consequences, trapping millions in poverty and misery and breeding social, economic and political unrest. Corruption undermines democracy and the rule of law. Corruption compounds political exclusion: if votes can be bought, there is little incentive to change the system that sustains poverty. So Ken, you are saying that the Democrats must admit that they are corrupt and must surrender their power to the People so that the poor will prosper? Transparency puts it this way: Corruption is the abuse of entrusted power for private gain. It hurts everyone whose life, livelihood or happiness depends on the integrity of people in a position of authority. Wards 7, Council Member Yvette Alexander, and 8, Council Member Marion Barry, are the poorest communities in the District of Columbia. Of Team Corruption DC, three out of five of the starters (The 3/5ths Compromisers) live in Wards 7 and 8 (including Council Chairman Kwame Brown). The District of Columbia has a Board of Election and Ethics. Should this be the place of Moral Order. Not according to Muriel Bowser. Never let a crisis not go to creating more waste, fraud and abuse in government. Her answer: create another Board! Yes, the Board of Ethics and Government Accountability. That will stop 'em, Mary! The bill's attempts to reform constituent service funds are reactionary, weak, and full of loopholes. Just the way, Alexander wants them. Listen, there are only two suggestions that will help with this scenario. One, allow "We the People" to elect this Independent Board--and allow the Elected Attorney General to sit on it with the full proprietorial powers of DC Superior Court. Secondly, allow the Ten Commandments to hang above the dais of the City Council. Moses and the Ten Commandments can be seen as you walk up the steps of the US Supreme Court. Each of the world's greatest law givers face him in the ornate display. America's first Supreme Court Justice, John Jay, said, "Americans should select and prefer Christians as their rulers." I would sincerely hope that "We the People" would send men and women of such moral character to the legislative offices of the United States that adherence to the laws of the land would not require endless legislation and crony oversight. If your legislator can not submit to His authority--restraint from theft, lying, covetousness, etc.--then, how would he ever submit to your Free Willed authority. The days are becoming few that such outright abuses of law and power will be tolerated. It is the moment where we do not choose our leaders because of the color of their skin or because of past patronage--"He got me my first summer job!". This is when "We the People" remove from office those that seek to do the work of the people for personal gain rather than the Will of the People for the General Welfare and Prosperity of the Nation, the State and the Urban community. See More